I feel that people are only disliking this suggestion as they do not personally like or use light theme.

Despite myself not using light theme and preferring the dark theme. I believe that the light theme should be improved for those who use it which would include having the side menu being the same colour.

It may as well be renamed "Light Colour ChatBackground" as a 'theme' takes presence all over something.

I agree with everything except changing the text to be darker. The grey text is easier on our eyes because there's less contrast, whilst it's still dark enough compared to the background to be able to read

Didn't see that post when I looked for stuff earlier and it's not saying exactly what I am saying here, but I definitely agree with it as full customizability would be ideal so that anyone can set it to what they prefer. Problem is that was made 5 months ago and there has been no word on it from Discord staff from what I can tell.

Haven't you noticed that in every single "modern" site there are a light and dark theme that look exactly the same across the entire WWW, the themes from site to site are practically indistinguishable from each other and are both the same sterile, castrated look lacking any identity or imagination, not to mention are a strain to read? Design sterilization is the new modernization. Discord is not a tiny bit of exception. Get used to it, this is the Brave New World of the Internet :D Enjoy :D

I am wondering why the light theme font color isnt also jet black, it hurts your eyes when using it because the font color is also grey so you have to strain your eyes to read text properly for extended periods of time (+10m)

I agree with this 100%! I've always wanted a version of discord that's light and actually looks nice! A chocolate and vanilla comparison, rather than a chocolate and ice comparison. Like it wouldn't be so horrible if it actually looked streamlined.

I'd actually use light theme (sometimes) if it actually looked decent. Some changes that could be made are changing the text colour (the current grey is too light), making the sidebar light too (the dark sidebar doesn't make any sense, way too much contrast and inconsistency), and (this one isn't necessary, but could help) perhaps put something under the brightly coloured names to make them more readable.

On top of making the sidebars match the chat, I think there should be an option for black text with light theme OR gray text with light theme. I've seen a few people say that they don't like the gray text but personally I think it matches the colour scheme and black would look out of place next to the whites and grays, considering there is quite literally nothing "dark" or harsh in light theme. But obviously since others would prefer black text, it could be beneficial to just make it customizable so everyone is happy/able to bare light theme.

But, I wouldn't mind the ability to customize the color theme ourselves (with color restrictions or presets of course, to prevent the more "adventurous" individuals from blending their font into the background).

I regularly have to use the light theme due to my phone screen being dim, and the current theme is both ugly and legitimately poor for usability because of some aspects being dark. This design is a massive improvement and I would be much happier with Discord as a whole if this was implemented.